Bilingual thoughts on life, language, learning, and all things Latina.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Abundancia

For my husband – confidant and like-minded companionand my son – who needs me and makes me want to be a better personmy parents, sisters, brother – family is foreverfor friends – few and truework – security, stability, requiring me to do my bestmy students – who test and teach mefor high expectationsfor reading – if only it was all I had to dofor writing – a good habitfor health – so farfor my country, my peopleporserbilingüe – porque me vale muchísimofor personal projects and pasatiemposfor morning coffee and afternoon napsthe birds outside my windowand the occasional snow dayfor having something to fight forand for being allowed to be me.